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James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS

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About Me

Primary advocate of the Romantic Underground movement; Editorial Director of ARGOSY QUARTERLY, INTERNATIONAL STUDIO, WORDS & PICTURES; author of MYTHWORLD, STARCHILD,and the upcoming OBSCURO, as well as the illustrated YA novel HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS from Simon & Schuster.Also forthcoming: LOST TREASURES OF THE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and THE SEARCH FOR THE RED DRAGON.

My Interests

Books, mostly. Art, of all kinds. Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Pictopia. The Pre-Raphaelites. The Barbizon School. The Studio.

I'd like to meet:

Everyone.My primary online presence is here: http://www.coppervaleinternational.com/My most frequently updated journal/sketchbook is here: http://coppervale.livejournal.com/My biggest current project is here: http://www.heretherebedragons.net/

Music:

Depends on the day.Bruce Hornsby. Reznor. Nina Gordon. New Order. Squirrel Nut Zippers.Velvet Revolver. Cake. John Williams.

Movies:

Superman. The Committments. Before Sunrise. The Thomas Crown Affair. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Contact. Superman II. Superman Returns. Anything by Ray Harryhausen. Anything by George Pal. Pre-1940 Disney. The Magnificent Ambersons. Wonder Man (with Danny Kaye). Nightmare Before Christmas. Being Human. The Game. Most Miyazaki. Tucker.

Television:

Oh my, yes. West Wing. Smallville. Rome. Quincy. The Equalizer. 24. Nip/Tuck. The Shield. Justice League. Battlestar Galactica (both versions). Star Trek (all versions).

Books:

By author: Jonathan Carroll. Ray Bradbury. Borges. Garth Nix. Kai Meyer. Asimov. Orson Scott Card. Clive Barker. Paul Auster. Neil Gaiman. Alan Moore. Sim & Gerhard. Roald Dahl. Harlan Ellison's nonfiction. Elliot S! Maggin. Dag Hammarskjold. Terry Brooks.

Heroes:

Jim Henson. Frank Wells.

My Blog

Here There Be Art Show

I'd like to invite all of my readers in the SoCal area out to an extraordinary happening. Hope to see you there!A Storyopolis Gallery Event!...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:05:00 PST

Dragonstuff

I'm back from the tour, drawing away, and have some fun new stuff for everyone (courtesy of Simon & Schuster):Dragonstuff
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:35:00 PST

THE SEARCH FOR THE RED DRAGON West Coast Book Tour

This is the current list for the first West Coast Tour. The school events in and around these are still being set, but most of these store events are locked in.Arizona:1/3- 5-8PM Crossroads1/5- 2-4PM ...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:26:00 PST

Bestsellerdom is assured!!!

Kirkus Reviews utterly HATES the new novel, THE SEARCH FOR THE RED DRAGON. As in, stating outright "...there is no child or YA audience for this text."I wonder if they know that the consensus among pu...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:18:00 PST

All your Tomorrows at Barnes & Noble

Tomorrow evening (6:30), author extrordinaire Robin Brande and I will be doing a panel/discussion/two-way-interview at the Barnes & Noble at Chandler Fashion Center in Chandler Arizona.Then we're goin...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 05:06:00 PST

Dragons Movie Buzz

Apparently, a certain film project is being positioned for the Pole Position in the Next Potter Derby:http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,,21 93797,00.htmlCan't ask for a better buzz tha...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:03:00 PST

Signing, speaking, sketching...

Fall 2007 Signing & Speaking & Sketching Schedule(We merged a couple of the European events into one trip, and added days/schools to November).October 13-14  F.A.C.T.S. Convention, Ghent, BelgiumOcto...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:51:00 PST

2006 Chesley Awards Final Ballot!!!

The names listed below comprise some VERY fine company to be in, and I am honored beyond belief to see my name among them. Twice.For anyone eligible to vote, the downloadable ballot is here: http://ww...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:05:00 PST

Discretion being the better part of valor...

...I'm not attending the San Diego Comicon this year.There are some urgent projects too close to completion to want to leave; and obligations that need attending to first, before I could really go and...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:37:00 PST

Sculpted of AWESOME

Hey All -Not comics, not books...But everyone really needs to check out the sculpture photos I just posted on my journal.Like, NOW.http://coppervale.livejournal.com/Knock you out type stuff. Just thou...
Posted by James A. Owen / HERE, THERE BE DRAGONS on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:44:00 PST